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Removing wine stains from a decanter
I have a decanter which I use fairly often to pour out wines. I typically rinse it with hot water after the last wine has come out, but I cannot prevent it from forming 'residual' wine stains over ...
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Stripeless cleaning of windows
Cross post: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/56800/7433
Last week I was discussing with a friend how we thought the stripeless cleaning of windows is achieved when using a cleaner like Windex ...
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What is the opposite of a surfactant?
Surfactants decrease surface tension between two fluids. What do you call a substance that increases the surface tension between two fluids? How is this effect acheived?
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How do surfactants spread in the case of multiple materials?
For example, consider a pot of water with a drop of oil floating on it, with surfactants present in the water.
Will the surfactants in the water spread evenly across all three interfaces ...
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Reaction of soap with water
I've seen it many times... Why does soap becomes like a foam when it reacts with water (moisture) or when we touch it with wet hands.. What compound formed actually cause this physical change? And why ...
